AW Sge: A new member of SU UMa-type dwarf novae
The dwarf nova AW Sge experienced a rare, bright outburst (14.0mag on
by R. Stubbings) on July 11. This object had been suspected to be an
SU UMa-type dwarf nova
(vsnet-campaign 366).
The last reported outburst
occurred in 1996 August (magnitude 15.0, Pietz) which was a normal
outburst (vsnet-campaign-dn 2). G. Masi succeeded in detecting superhumps
and establishing AW Sge is a new member of SU UMa-type dwarf novae
(vsnet-campaign-dn 19).
From the second observation of G. Masi,
the superhump amplitude of 0.4mag and the rough estimated period of
0.07d were reported
(vsnet-campaign-dn 32).
G. Masi and M. A. Tosti
performed astrometry and obtained the result of R.A.= 19h 5m8 37.11s;
Delta:+16d 41' 28.8"
(vsnet-campaign 374).
The data observed by G. Masi are available at:
vsnet-campaign-data 22,
23).
A rapid fading trend was confirmed during July 18 - 19
(vsnet-campaign-dn 44).
